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On the House floor, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, slammed Republicans for plotting changes to their budget bill behind closed doors and refusing to share these changes with the American people. He offered House Republicans the chance to keep their promises to defend Medicaid by signing his discharge petition to force a vote on the Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act.

As of today, 211 House Democrats have signed a discharge petition introduced by Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, to protect Medicaid and food assistance from devastating cuts. The petition would force a vote on a special rule containing the text of Boyle’s Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act, which blocks any attempt to slash Medicaid and SNAP coverage or benefits through the reconciliation process, protecting millions of Americans from losing their health care under the Republican budget. If 218 Members sign the petition, it triggers a vote on the House floor.

Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after Budget Committee Republicans voted along party lines to advance their far-right budget reconciliation bill.

Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after Moody’s downgraded the U.S. credit rating and revised its outlook from stable to negative.

Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after the extreme House Republican reconciliation bill was rejected by the House Budget Committee.

Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, delivered opening remarks at a Budget Committee markup of the Republican budget reconciliation bill. Boyle condemned the Republican plan for making the largest cuts to health care and food assistance in American history—all while handing trillions in tax breaks to the wealthiest few.

Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee and leading advocate for debt ceiling reform, issued the following statement in response to the Treasury Department projecting the United States will reach the “X-date” — the point at which the Treasury exhausts extraordinary measures and breaches the debt ceiling — as soon as August.

Today, Pennsylvania Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced it would be maintaining the current interest rate target range: